MANKATO, Minn. – South Dakota senior Sabrina Sabadeanu won three events as the women's swimming and diving team opened its season with a narrow dual meet loss to Minnesota State, 151.5 to 148.5, on Friday.
 
Sabadeanu captured individual race victories in the 100 back (58.86), 200 back (2:06.89) and the 200 IM (2:10.70) for a Coyotes team that won seven events total in the dual.
 
Haley Pederson, a junior, swept the diving events, scoring 249.55 points in the one-meter competition and 254.4 points in the three-meter competition.
 
A pair of freshman got their collegiate careers off to a strong start with individual victories as Taylor Rau won the 100 breast (1:06.44) and Maria Mattaini triumphed in the 500 free (5:18.21).
 
Emily Johnson, a freshman, posted a pair of runner-up finishes in the 200 free (1:59.24) and the 100 free (54.51) while Lucie Anderson finished second to Sabadeanu in the 200 back (2:07.82) and third in the 100 back (1:01.10). More second-place finishes came from Hannah Aitkin in the 1000 free (11:06.86), Rau in the 200 breast (2:26.44), Teagan Haberkorn in the 500 free (5:12.62), Madilyn Sindelar in the 100 fly (59.19) and Naomi Bingham in three-meter diving (216.3).
 
Third-place efforts came from Jordyn Thielbar in the 1000 free (11:25.77), Haberkorn in the 200 free (2:00.78), Meghan Atwell in the 100 breast (1:07.98), Maren Iverson in the 200 fly (2:19.12), Isabel Fairbanks in the 200 breast (2:30.62) and Sydney Fulton in the three-meter diving competition (214.95).